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Tech approach to support dementia care

4 July 2025
A new app-based tool available from Dementia Australia will help support people working in health, disability and aged care to provide quality care for people living with dementia. Dementia Australia Executive Director of Services, Advocacy and Research Dr Kaele Stokes said the tool – called Tell TiNA – will help workers and providers to assess […]
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Tender seeks NEIS service provider

30 June 2025
There’s movement on the government’s proposed National Early Intervention Service (NEIS) with the tender for a service provider closing on July 21.   A fully digital mental health service, NEIS will provide free, evidence-based mental health support to people experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mild mental ill-health or transient distress. From January 1, 2026, […]
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Infosys dedicates app for mental health wellbeing

27 June 2025
Infosys a global consulting and next-generation digital services company has announced a strategic collaboration with Mental Health Foundation Australia (MHFA) to boost mental health awareness, with the creation of a mobile app called ‘Supportive Mind’.  The app designed by Infosys for MHFA will aim to provide first aiders and communities in Australia and New Zealand […]
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Mental health agreement ‘flawed,’ data infrastructure gaps remain

25 June 2025
“The Agreement comprises a raft of outputs and initiatives that aren’t connected to each other or to an overarching strategy. In its current form, it cannot deliver the systemic, coordinated change it promises.” Commissioner Selwyn Button. Australia’s Productivity Commission says the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement is “fundamentally flawed,” with data infrastructure gaps […]
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Understanding the gap: Australia’s youth mental health crisis

20 June 2025
New research shows one million children and young people (C&YP) in Australia are unable to access early intervention mental health support.   BFB Labs – a social enterprise building resilience and mental health self management skills in young people – has analysed publicly available data to understand the gap in mental health provision for C&YP in Australia. […]
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Bridging the gap in youth mental health

20 June 2025
BFB Labs’ new research shows one million children and young people (C&YP) in Australia are unable to access early intervention mental health support.   BFB Labs – a social enterprise building resilience and mental health self management skills in young people – has analysed publicly available data to understand the gap in mental health provision for C&YP […]
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Multilingual chatbot to support triage

19 June 2025
A multilingual chatbot could lead to better triage assessments at hospitals in multicultural areas and better outcomes for linguistically diverse patients across Australia. In areas like south-western Sydney more than half of the local population – or 55% according to the South Western Sydney Local Health District – speaks a language other than English at home. Dr […]
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DoHDA seeks tenders for digital mental health service

17 June 2025
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing will hold an industry briefing session on June 26 for parties interested in its request for tender for delivery of the National Early Intervention Service – Digital Mental Health Service. The service, currently referred to as the National Early Intervention Service (NEIS) will provide free, evidence-based mental health […]
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Neuroscience drives new wellbeing app

16 June 2025
Researchers from NeuRA and UNSW Sydney have launched a new app aimed at boosting the wellbeing and resilience of adults.  The researchers said the ReNeuWell mobile app aimed to shift the focus from managing distress to “actively promoting mental flourishing,” and said it offered “a neuroscience-backed, personalised approach to mental health.” Designed by director of […]
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High stakes for data in health apps 

13 June 2025
Popular apps used to track menstrual cycles can hold years of data on users’ health and private lives, however users remained largely unconcerned about how that data is used, according to a  New Zealand study. New Zealand researchers asked app users about their views of the risks, finding about half considered their data to be […]
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Tend Health gets $1.97m innovation funding as second round opens

6 June 2025
Tend Health has been announced as the ninth and final recipient from the first round of the Government’s Mental Health and Addiction Community Sector Innovation Fund. Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey said Tend Health would use the funding to set up a new digital primary mental health and addiction service, with the initiative receiving […]
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TraumaConnect platform supports sufferers and carers

3 June 2025
The Cairnmillar Institute has launched TraumaConnect, a new digital mental health platform designed to support Australians affected by trauma. Cairnmillar Institute CEO and provost Dr Kathryn von Treuer said TraumaConnect was the first trauma-informed digital platform of its kind in Australia, offering 24/7 access to evidence-based tools, resources, and real-time messaging support, “helping to bridge […]
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WHO endorses DTA framework

23 May 2025
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially endorsed Dementia Training Australia’s (DTA) free national standards framework as a leading model for dementia care globally.  DTA’s online training model enables accessibility for every carer nationwide. DTA Executive Director Dr Isabelle Meyer said:  “Online training is essential in our mission to improve dementia care across Australia. All of Dementia Training […]
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Startups offered $5m per project to tackle dementia 

23 May 2025
The CUREator+ Dementia and Cognitive Decline Incubator Program – a partnership between Brandon BioCatalyst, ANDHealth, and Dementia Australia – has opened its second funding round, offering startups up to $5 million per project. The fund is designed to support innovative solutions with the potential to improve the lives of Australians impacted by dementia, and the […]
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Better detection of dementia using AI

20 May 2025
Researchers from the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA) have utilised artificial intelligence to develop a new method to improve dementia detection in hospitals. NCHA is a partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health, and their study involved more than 1,000 individuals aged 60 and above in Frankston-Mornington Peninsula. Currently, dementia is recorded in hospitals […]
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Digital health literacy hot topic at Preventive Health Conference

7 May 2025
The challenges of navigating legitimacy and misinformation in the digital age were discussed at the Preventive Health Conference in Canberra.  Hosted by the Public Health Association of Australia,  the conference featured a number of projects focused on digital health interventions and digital health literacy. University of Technology Sydney researcher Hope Foley looked at the issue […]
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e-DiVA a virtual assistant for dementia carers

5 May 2025
A panel discussion on the role of digital health in dementia care and support will be held as part of the official launch of the e-DiVA Virtual Assistant by the National Ageing Research Institute on May 15. The event will be opened by Professor Tracy Comans, and will feature keynote presentations by Dr Kaele Stokes, Executive […]
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Bupa Pulse Check: Australians relying more on health tech

28 April 2025
The annual Bupa Pulse Check has revealed technology continues to play an increasing role in managing health and fitness, as Australians became significantly more likely to monitor their health through an app or wearable and take online courses. The survey also showed while there remained some openness around specialists making use of AI to diagnose […]
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Technology use might reduce risk of cognitive decline in later life

24 April 2025
Widespread use of digital technology may be associated with lower rates of cognitive decline and cognitive impairment in adults aged over 50 years, according to a meta-analysis published in Nature Human Behaviour. The findings appear to contradict the “digital dementia” hypothesis that everyday use of technology weakens cognitive ability. The first generation of people who grew […]
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Entrepreneur awarded for AI-powered co-therapist innovation

16 April 2025
Australian psychologist and entrepreneur Marika Conomos has been honoured with six major awards across two global stages — in Sydney and London — recognising her work in ethical AI, mental health accessibility, and tech-for-good innovation. Ms Conomos is founder and CEO of UpLift AI, an AI-powered “co-therapist” for patients. She recently made history at the […]
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Dementia care relief for CALD families

11 April 2025
Cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) family carers and people living with dementia will benefit from a new $2.9 million research program to help provide them with access to quality care. The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) has been awarded the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Dementia Ageing and Aged Care Mission Grant for a translational […]
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Feature: Do infectious diseases cause dementia?

4 April 2025
Working out the relationship between infectious diseases and dementia is a bit like the chicken and the egg problem. But artificial intelligence may help researchers decide which comes first. For decades, the medical profession has viewed dementia as a progressive cognitive decline that typically affects older adults. While there have been advances in diagnosing it […]
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Australians for Mental Health welcomes free virtual counselling initiative

20 March 2025
Australians for Mental Health has welcomed the Government’s announcement to make online and over-the-phone counselling free for all Australians.  The free digital mental health support service is set to be available under Medicare by next January.  “Australia is suffering through a mental health crisis. Getting help can be hard to access and unaffordable. This will […]
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AI chatbots as therapists “not there yet”

11 March 2025
Use of AI tools in place of therapists for treating depression and anxiety hold promise, but lean heavily on cognitive behavioural therapy – which is not suitable for everyone, a leading expert in the field says. University of NSW Sydney Professor Jill Newby is a founder of the Centre of Research Excellence in Depression Treatment […]
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Government funds world-first digital mental health support program

19 February 2025
SANE Australia has been awarded $27.3 million over three years for the national roll out of a free digital psychosocial recovery program for adults experiencing complex mental illness and trauma, as well as for their family, carers and kin. SANE CEO Rachel Green says the investment is the first of its kind globally and an enormous […]
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Maintain Your Brain trial to prevent dementia

31 January 2025
A clinical trial has shown an internet-delivered lifestyle intervention has resulted in significantly better cognition in older adults. The team, led by Professor Henry Brodaty AO, Co-Director of UNSW’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), calculated a global cognition score from online tests that measured memory, reasoning and speed of information processing, and published their findings […]
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New $5 million promotion fund for mental wellbeing

17 January 2025
A $5 million mental health promotion fund was announced at a recent parliamentary summit of 90 digital health leaders from across New Zealand. Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey said the summit was an ideal occasion to announce the promotion fund which would be distributed over three years. “I am very pleased to announce today that […]
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